The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-06
HOME AND FARM.

the soft morning feed. Fowls to do
well should always be fed little of it
daily, dissolved in food. Its use pre-
vents and cures many vicious habits.
Try it.-Troy Times.
Fried Herrings: Clean them and
scale and dry in towel. Take a
piece of letter paper, rub a little hot
OF cold butter on it, fold herring in
it. salt and pepper it and broil. Eat
with little lemon juice or make a
sauce with butter and vinegar.-Ez-
change.
Breakfast Biscuit: One quart Of
-four, one-half teaspoonful SALT two
teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-haK
ounce butter; mix together; add milk
enough to make soft dough; roll out
quickly, handling as little as posi-
BILE, and bake in quick oven.-Tha
Caterer.
Cattle should not be permitted to
feed on clover land in the early spring,
as the crop will hardly be able to de-
velop in full vigor if this be done.
Neither should stock be permitted to
Craze on it late in the autumn, as this
renders it very liable to winter-killing.
Albany Journal.
When purchasing pure-bred stock
give the preference to those breeds best
adapted to the soil, climate and facili-
ties of the farm. 1t will not do to sud-
denly transfer an animal from luxu-
RANT pasture to barren hillside.
Good breeding is important, but the
best of breeds will fail to give satisfac.
ton unless kept under proper condi-
tions.-Clevela,,d Leader.
Sponge Jelly Roll: Four eggs, one
cup and half sugar, one tablespoon
baking powder, beat the whites sepa-
rately and the sugar and the
yelks together until very light, then
add part of the whites, then cup of
flour, then beat well, then a little
more flour, then the rest of the whites
and stir easy; put it in and bake.
Spread and roll as quick as you cam
Boston Budget.
Although the hogs are more sen.
sitive to cold than other domestic ami.
mails, yet they receive less protection
during winter. The most Important
requisite in pig-sty is dryness. The
accumulations of slush and manure
usually found in some pens are fruitful
causes of cholera and other diseases,
and it is practice to pour corn into
such pens, one-half of which is wasted.
Better treatment of the hogs would in
sure greater weight on smaller pro-
portion of food.-San Francisco Chron-
tcle.
Notwithstanding great care, pi.
amos, and especially uprights, will be-
come smeared and lack lustre. Do not
attempt to use any varnishes or furni-
ture polishes. but take luke warm
water, make soapsuds and wash thor
oughly, a small space at time, either
with a sponge or soft rag, quickly rub.
bing dry with larger rag. A piece
Of old tablecloth is the best for this !
purpose.-M Y Examiner:
Foremost among all fertilizers is
common barnyard manure. That
which gives it its peculiar value is that
It contains all the plant elements, and
IS, therefore, fitted tonourish any crop;
hence we call it a general and not
specific manure. To be sure, there are
certain concentrated manures which,
+ the soil requires the particular plant /
elements Of which they are composed,
will yield larger returns, pound for
bound. than will barnyard manure.
Yet for general use upon the farm there
S nothing that will take the place of
his most common manure Western
Rural
All seeds will run out unless kept
Up by selection. Many of the kinds of
cred as new are only fixed up by selec-
ion from old varieties. The improve.
nent of squash and cucumber seeds by ,
zee can be explained on scientific prin.
iples. When fresh, they are feshy
md contain pabulum, which gives
igor to the young plants, but with age
hey get rid of the surplus food.
?ucumbers from old seed fruit a great
leal better, and melen plants are
horter jointed, and flower at the third
+ fourth joint, when from fresh seed
hey would not live a flower until the
enth. -Boston Globe.